Autumn of the 17th year of Chongzhen

Chapter 1031
The man's name was Fu Younian, and he was a relative of the traitor Fu Shangrui. Because of Fu Shangrui's relationship, he was implicated, and his life was very poor.

Duoduo took Fu Shangrui's family members out of Huguang, and sent the main personnel to Beijing. Those side branches who were not taken away by the Qing army suffered bad luck, their assets were confiscated by the court, and they became homeless refugees.

Because of their reputation, the local gentry did not hire them, so Fu Younian brought a few children of the Fu family to Nanjing to discuss life.Fortunately, at this time, the guide system of the Ming Dynasty was basically abandoned. He changed his name, but no one knew that they were relatives of criminal officials, so a few of them used fake names to work as coolies at the pier.

The Fu family was originally a rich family, and Fu Younian was also a pampered person. It can be said that he suffered a lot on the dock, but he didn't have much money and needed to send it to his family. He had problems with two meals a day, and his life was very difficult.

At this moment, the son of Fu Shangrui, who was brought to the north by the Qing army, suddenly returned to the south in secret. He first went to Huguang to find the Fu family who had been exiled and changed his surname, and then went to Nanjing to find Fu Younian and gave him gold and silver to help him. He established a workshop in Nanjing and became a new small workshop owner. At the same time, he developed into a secret agent of the Qing court in the Ming Dynasty.

Using his memory, Fu Younian drew the bronze rapid-fire guns pulled by two horses, the costumes of the soldiers of the Ming army, and the formation diagram of the drill on the blueprint, and explained the numbers of the troops who came to participate in the drill, and then hurried out.

At present, the Ming, Qing, and Jin parties have ceased fighting, but everyone knows that this is only a short rest. The Ming Dynasty needs to digest Huainan, Sichuan, and Yunnan, and replenish the empty treasury. Jin and Qing are licking their wounds. Once one of them recovers first, The war may start again at any time.

In the north under the control of the Qing Dynasty, the population was less than 2000 million, and the economy was in decline. Dorgon was very vigilant about the Ming Dynasty in the south, and he never gave up monitoring the Ming Dynasty. He sent many spies to the south to spy on the Ming Dynasty. intelligence.

The economy of the Ming Dynasty was prosperous, and Nanjing was even more prosperous. It was the most populous city in the world, and it was hard to match in the west.

Because of the large population in the city, well-developed restaurants and teahouses were born, and there are many places for urbanites to eat and drink.

Along with the trade, Champa and the vassal states of Nanyang sent a large amount of materials to the Ming Dynasty, and the prices were not high, which made the residents in the city happy to eat and drink outside, which promoted the prosperity of Nanjing.

On a street not far from the Qinhuai River in the west of Nanjing City, there are several restaurants opened. This place is not as prosperous as the Qinhuai River. It is a place where meat sellers and prostitutes gather.

On this street, there is a small restaurant named Changbailou, which was an information point for the Qing Dynasty in the city.

Fu Younian hurried to the outside of the restaurant, the bartender at the door nodded slightly when he saw him, and then shouted loudly: "An old customer!"

"Your Excellency, you have been waiting in the room for a long time!" Seeing that there was no one around, the bartender approached and said softly, then shook the towel on his shoulders, and led Fu Younian into the restaurant, directly through the lobby and into the inner room.

Fu Younian opened the curtain and walked into a room. In the room sat a man in his twenties, drinking in a leisurely manner. The table was full of wine and vegetables.

Seeing Fu Younian walking in, the man raised his eyebrows, "Brother, why are you here?"

Fu Younian sat down opposite him without saying a word. If he hadn't had a difficult life, he would not have boarded the Qing court's boat.

"How is it?" The man's name is Fu Youchun, the second son of Fu Shangrui, who is now serving at the sticky pole of the Qing court. Seeing that Fu Younian was silent, he asked proactively.

Fu Younian breathed out his nose, and after being silent for a while, he said, "I see, I heard that Ming Chao is making a new cannon suitable for field battles. It may be this kind. I drew it based on the image, but how about its performance? , still need surveillance!"

As he said that, he put the drawings he had drawn at home on the table. Fu Youchun took them over and opened them. He looked at them carefully. He found the things drawn on the drawings and notes, and hurriedly put them together again.

"The autumn exercises of the Ming army will last for half a month. I will definitely try the artillery. Brother must pay close attention to it. The regent pays close attention to the progress of the Ming army in firearms." Fu Youchun paused, and then continued: "Before the Ming army Recently, there has been no news about the development of the Military Weapons Supervision Department. It is estimated that it was taken away by Jin Yiwei. It may not be easy for us to obtain the blueprints and qualifications of the Ming Army’s cannon casting. Right now, we have to pay attention to the Ming Army’s drills.”

"Did Jin Yiwei find out?" Fu Younian's face turned pale.

Fu Youchun smiled slightly when he saw it, "Don't worry, brother. The person in charge of contacting me has already sent back to Beijing with the blueprint of the self-generated firecracker. Jin Yiwei can't find me here."

In the battle of Yangzhou the year before last, Duo Duo had a very deep impression of the self-generated firearms of the Ming army. After returning, it was like Duo Ergun reflected the innovation of firearms in the Ming Dynasty.

If in the past, the Manchu Qing could still boast that the Eight Banners warriors were unparalleled in riding and shooting, and dismissed the firearms of the Ming Dynasty, but now that they were defeated and retreated to the north of the Huaihe River, Dorgon had to pay attention to the firearms of the Ming Dynasty.

After Duoduo responded to the matter, Dorgon sent four or five waves of secret agents to the south to steal the drawings and materials of firearms production in the Ming Dynasty, and bought and sold Ming Dynasty officials for a lot of money.

Although the Ming Dynasty had a tight defense and caught three waves, there were still people who corrupted and sold the information to the Qing Dynasty.

Right now, the Ming Dynasty is economically developed, and economic development requires a relatively relaxed environment. It is impossible for Jinyiwei to check and arrest people every day. In addition, the household registration system of the Ming Dynasty has been impacted, and the guide system is like a fake. There are hundreds of thousands of outsiders, which greatly increases the work intensity of Jin Yiwei, making Jin Yiwei somewhat powerless.

However, although the Manchu Qing obtained the information on self-generated firecrackers and wanted to produce them like the Ming Dynasty, that is another matter.

Self-generating firecrackers were invented in the eighth year of Chongzhen, and it has been nearly twenty years since Wang Yan decided to make self-generating firecrackers. It took nearly five years for the manufacturing technology and craftsmanship to approach maturity.

The blueprints and materials obtained by the Qing Dynasty can only save them from taking some detours, but if they want to build an army of self-generated guns, it is estimated that they will have to wait until the year of the monkey.

Fu Younian heard that the person and the drawings were sent away, so he nodded slightly. As long as Fu Youchun is not arrested, he should not be in danger, but he is still a little worried, after all, Jin Yiwei has a bad reputation, "In the past two months, Several strongholds outside the city have already been taken away by the Ming army, Jin Yiwei seems to be making a big move, so I won’t come here these days.”

"Brother, don't be so careful!" After hearing this, Fu Youchun said, "I asked someone to inquire, and Jin Yiwei's attack on those strongholds didn't seem to be aimed at us, it seemed that they bit the dog themselves, and Jin Huamin became the mastermind behind the scenes. "

"It's better to be careful! My family members are all in Huguang, so nothing can happen to me!" After saying that, Fu Younian stood up and was about to leave.

But Fu Youchun hurriedly said: "Brother, stay a little longer!"

"What else?"

"A good thing!" Fu Youchun got up suddenly, took a bag from a stool, pushed it to Fu Younian, and said with a smile: "Brother's current workshop is too small, and the quality of the people he can get in touch with is too low. Obtain useful information for the Qing Dynasty. Here are 2 taels of silver notes. The chief hopes that you can expand the workshop, establish a business name, make friends with the high-level officials of the Ming Dynasty, and deliver supplies for the Qing Dynasty."

Fu Younian was surprised when he heard this, and sat down again, timidly opened the bag, and saw a thick stack of bank notes with a denomination of one hundred taels inside.

On the side, Fu Youchun continued: "Don't take out these silver coins all at once. Although there were not a few people who got rich in the Ming Dynasty, they will inevitably attract suspicion."

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